NOTE DI ECONOMIA

Companies have the manipulative talent of getting customers to buy more than they intend to, and they do it through three simple tactics.
The first marketing trick that is increasingly used by businesses is offering products and services as “free.” Retail stores have found a way to convince people they’re getting something for free when they’re actually being p...

Globally, the US and China are ahead in the race to develop driverless cars. One key reason: advancements in both countries in artificial intelligence.
When people think of self-driving cars, the image that usually comes to mind is a fully autonomous vehicle with no human drivers involved. The reality is more complicated. Not only are there different levels of automation for vehicles — cr...

Most companies are still coming to grips with what their corporate responsibilities mean in practice when it comes to human rights.
As November drew to a close, the Palais des Nations, the UN headquarters in Geneva, prepared to shake off the seasonal gloom by welcoming once again the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. Since its establishment in 2012, the forum has been a bubbling platform f...

European elites are blaming “stupid” voters for turning against an economic system that hasn’t worked for them.
On the surface, the June 23 Brexit and the June 26 Spanish elections don’t look comparable. After a nasty campaign filled with racism and Islamophobia, the British—or rather, the English and the Welsh—took a leap into darkness and voted to...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel already faces complex coalition negotiations with at least three other parties. Now French President Emmanuel Macron wants in on the act.
Macron and Merkel on Aug. 28.
Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
In a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris on Tuesday, Macron will make proposals for re-shaping Europe that he acknowledges will require Merkel...